Handsome boy in his sweater vest
Stretching up sooooo high
Max really enjoys playing with cars/trucks
I made Parsnip, Pear, and Fig puree. I have never before even touched a fig and had to google how to prepare them. I saw them at Costco and remembered there was a baby food recipe that called for figs and decided to get them. They are a weird fruit! I personally didn't love this recipe and neither did Max. I had to mix it with yogurt most of the time to get him to eat it. I am kinda glad he didn't love it because it means I don't have to deal with fig again - I think they are a little creepy.
Max turned 11 months old on July 19, 2012. I can't believe we are only one month away from him being a year old!!! (I have to really get serious about planning a birthday party for him. CRAZY)
The birthday boy playing with his bath toys in the bathroom and also seeing what he can pull out of the drawers.
"Are you talking to me?"
We did a little "I'm now 11 months old" photoshoot...
Drooling so much he created a bubble - - man, when will the drool stop?!
My new camera is awesome but sometimes it captures too much detail (like the drop of drool on his chin that is in so many pictures)
Video - Max playing with the remote
The daily game of pulling down as many DVDs and video tapes as possible (especially right after Momma cleans them back up).
All about Max at 11 months old...
- Max is still nursing (usually at lunch and then early morning) and then I pump 3 times a day on workdays. He doesn't ever want to stop once he starts. He has really turned into a wiggly nurser, it gets frustrating for me when he doesn't hold still and squirms all around.
- Max usually goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:00 pm
- He enjoys bath time
- He doesn't mind me taking showers anymore (what a welcome change - - it was awful to have him screaming and crying in the bathroom while I showered. It sure made for super short showers.)
- Our bedtime routine goes like this - put Max in his PJs, give him his vitamins, then brush his teeth, read a couple books, swaddle him up, give him kisses, turn off the light, sing to him and rock him and then lay him down. He usually stays down and goes right to sleep when I walk out of the room.
- His naps during weekends are hard though - he fights going to sleep and if he eventually falls asleep, it's not for long.
- For a few couple weeks he was doing great and would sleep until 5 am however lately he's been getting up once around 3-4 (sometime Peter can get him back to bed and the other times I nurse him) and then gets up again around 5-6 am. At which point I nurse him and let him stay in our bed until it's time to get up and get ready.
- He likes playing with his stand up toy, basketball hoop, balls on the tile, and loves pushing toys, chairs, his stroller and anything else that he can around the tile and carpet
- He likes banging on toilet seat lid and trying to flush it (usually taking advantage of when I am in the shower and can't get to him in time to stop him).
- He is a pro at pulling drawers open and opening cabinets. I haven't completely baby proofed so we have to keep a close eye on him. I don't want to go to all the effort to move everything only to have to pack up in a month to move. So for the next month, we will make sure we watch Max closely.
- Max wiggles on the changing pad so much. Getting diapers on and getting him dressed is tricky.
- He likes Kindermusik class although lately less willing to sit on my lap and wants to crawl around.
- He wakes Peter and I up by blowing raspberries on us over and over and over.
- He is sooo sweet and reaches out to touch us while he's sleeping.
- He sleeps all positions but mainly on his belly with bum up or on back with one arm out touching something.
- He says "Mama" "Dada" "Hi' and "Duck" - it sounds like "duh" though
- He is becoming a fun playmate and will play catch with you, chase you around, or crawl away when you crawl after him
- Maxwell is a good eater and finally has the sippy cup down (tilting it, tilting his head back, etc.)
- He will go get one of his books and "read" it on his own.
- He likes swimming/splashing.
- He is walking along everything, very quick at crawling, going everywhere, pulling up on stuff, and his curiosity is growing.
- As mentioned above, he is still drooling everywhere
- He loves being sung to - I sing to him when putting him in his car seat, while we are in the car, on changing table, at bedtime, and during play time. Thanks to Kindermusik I have a whole variety of songs to sing that he recognizes.
- He is a happy boy. He does get whiny sometimes but not really grumpy.
- He loves his dad and his dad's computer
- He is fun to talk to on the phone. He babbles and gets excited when he talks to someone on the phone. He gets even more excited if it's a voice that he recognizes.
- He loves his cousins, Hayden and Landen, and always gives smiles for them.
- He doesn't like it if you eat and he isn't eating at the same time.
- He is still shy around other people and doesn't let them hold him.
- The best time to hear him babbling and talking is in the car, especially in the morning (he is still a morning person)
- He has started making other noises as well, for example he growls, makes car noises, and also makes panting noises.
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